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DuVal
E.H.
2006
Journal
Isla Bocu Brava, Chiriqui, Panama
Apr cent
checked two days later, there was
only one chick remaining (and he
was larger than the previously observed
individual, i.e. it wasn't the [illegible] egg,
hatched.) There is no sign of the
egg below the nest. What predator
would have eaten the egg and
not the chick? It seems like the
egg would have to be removed by
the chick or the mother. Is it
possible that a brood parasite bird
targets manakins? Nest K-1 has
2 eggs, but one is noticeably
larger and whiter than the other.
I'm not sure how much within
clutch variation there is.
Nest E-3 has an egg with a tiny
hole in it, and there was an art
on the shell. Either something broke
into the shell, or the chick is
hatching now.
Both white-tipped dove nests that I have found
have housed 1 egg & one nestling. The
dove nest at bee tree has recently fledged